DependencyDescriptorMediator
Date: 2014-12-13

org.apache.ivy.core.module.descriptor

## Interface DependencyDescriptorMediator

- All Known Subinterfaces:
    ModuleDescriptor
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    DefaultModuleDescriptor, OverrideDependencyDescriptorMediator, PomModuleDescriptorBuilder.PomModuleDescriptor

      public interface DependencyDescriptorMediator

  A DependencyDescriptorMediator is responsible for dependency descriptor mediation.

  Dependency descriptor mediation consists in adjusting dependency descriptors according to a context, environment, the stack of dependers, ...

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `DependencyDescriptor` | `mediate(DependencyDescriptor dd)` Mediates the given `DependencyDescriptor` according to this `ModuleDescriptor`.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### mediate

          DependencyDescriptor mediate(DependencyDescriptor dd)

      Mediates the given `DependencyDescriptor` according to this `ModuleDescriptor`.

      This method gives the opportunity to a ModuleDescriptor to override dependency version information of any of its transitive dependencies, since it is called by dependency resolvers before actually resolving a dependency.

      Parameters:
        `dd` - the dependency descriptor which should be mediated.
      Returns:
        the mediated `DependencyDescriptor`, or the original `DependencyDescriptor` if no mediation is required by this ModuleDescriptor.